Lot 13
The Great Breath 1932
seven original linocuts, printed and bound in original folio (7)
each ed.14/150
signed on front page
published by the Golden Arrow Press, Melbourne
43.5 x 25.5cm (sheet size)
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Waller established the Golden Arrow Press within which she created The Great Breath: A Book of Seven Designs, her best printed work. The production was entirely undertaken by Waller; all aspects from the cutting and printing of the linoblocks to the manufacture of the distinctive gold-painted emerald green cover was done by hand. Each book took about four days to make, and although she had intended to produce an edition of 150, it seems only about 30 were made.
Women Artists
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8249
6:30pm - 10 October 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Saturday 6 October-Sunday 7 October, 10am-4pm
Wednesday 10 October, 9am-5pm
CONTACT
Olivia Fuller
olivia.fuller@leonardjoel.com.au
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